diff --git a/src/main/java/fathertoast/specialmobs/common/mixin/BlazeMixin.java b/src/main/java/fathertoast/specialmobs/common/mixin/BlazeMixin.java
index 1dc353f..547026d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fathertoast/specialmobs/common/mixin/BlazeMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fathertoast/specialmobs/common/mixin/BlazeMixin.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public abstract class BlazeMixin extends Monster {
         super(entityType, level);
     }
 
-    @Inject(at=@At("HEAD"), method="aiStep")
+    @Inject(at=@At("HEAD"), method="aiStep", remap = false)
     public void aiStep(CallbackInfo ci) {
         CommonMixinHooks.handleBlazeSmoke((Blaze)(Object)this);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/fathertoast/specialmobs/common/mixin/EntityRendererManagerMixin.java b/src/main/java/fathertoast/specialmobs/common/mixin/EntityRendererManagerMixin.java
deleted file mode 100644
index af2f3b2..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/fathertoast/specialmobs/common/mixin/EntityRendererManagerMixin.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-package fathertoast.specialmobs.common.mixin;
-
-import com.mojang.blaze3d.matrix.MatrixStack;
-import net.minecraft.client.GameSettings;
-import net.minecraft.client.gui.FontRenderer;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.IRenderTypeBuffer;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.EntityRendererManager;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.entity.ItemRenderer;
-import net.minecraft.client.renderer.texture.TextureManager;
-import net.minecraft.entity.Entity;
-import net.minecraft.resources.IReloadableResourceManager;
-import net.minecraft.world.IWorldReader;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Redirect;
-
-/**
- * This is our EntityRendererManager mixin!
- *
- * All mixin classes must be annotated with @Mixin(TargetClass)
- *
- * Also note that all mixin classes must exist in their own dedicated mixin package. Having a non-mixin class
- * inside the package you have specified to be your mixin package will not go well.
- *
- * Its a good rule of thumb to make your mixin classes abstract, as they should never be instantiated.
- *
- * This mixin example is not fantastic as it only scratches the surface of the worm can that is mixin,
- * but I figured it at least had some relevance since shadow render canceling was a topic earlier.
- *
- * NOTE: All mixins must be registered in the mod's mixin config.
- *       the mixin config can be found inside the mod's resources folder: "specialmobs.mixins.json".
- *       When you remove this mixin from the config, it will no longer be active.
- */
-@Mixin(EntityRendererManager.class)
-public abstract class EntityRendererManagerMixin {
-
-    /**
-     *  Constructor matching target class constructor. Not required in this case, but generally nice to have
-     */
-    public EntityRendererManagerMixin(TextureManager textureManager, ItemRenderer p_i226034_2_, IReloadableResourceManager resourceManager, FontRenderer fontRenderer, GameSettings gameSettings) {
-
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Simple redirect injection.
-     *
-     * Here we use the @Redirect annotation on a target method in our mixin target class.
-     * This annotation lets us swap out invocations in the target method with our own.
-     *
-     * The first parameter of annotation is the target method name; the method we will be messing around with
-     * The second parameter is the "at" (where in the target method should we look for invocations to swap?)
-     *
-     * There are various ways to determine where we want to do things, but in this specific example,
-     * we want to cancel every call to "renderShadow" in the target method.
-     *
-     * value = "INVOKE" - This specifies that we should only look for INVOKE opcodes
-     * target = "Lnet/minecraft/client..blah..blah" - This is the full name of the member we want to redirect, in this case "renderShadow"
-     *
-     * As you can see, our injection method has an empty body. This is because we wish to do absolutely nothing instead of rendering entity shadows.
-     *
-     * NOTE: It is required that our injected method has the same parameters as our target, as shown below.
-     *       the "name" of our injection method does not matter. It can be anything, but its not a bad idea to
-     *       name it something intuitive.
-     */
-    @Redirect(method = "render", at = @At(value = "INVOKE", target = "Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/entity/EntityRendererManager;renderShadow(Lcom/mojang/blaze3d/matrix/MatrixStack;Lnet/minecraft/client/renderer/IRenderTypeBuffer;Lnet/minecraft/entity/Entity;FFLnet/minecraft/world/IWorldReader;F)V"))
-    public void onRender(MatrixStack matrixStack, IRenderTypeBuffer buffer, Entity entity, float p_229096_3_, float p_229096_4_, IWorldReader worldReader, float p_229096_6_) {
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/specialmobs.mixins.json b/src/main/resources/specialmobs.mixins.json
index 533a1b2..4ca3ebb 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/specialmobs.mixins.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/specialmobs.mixins.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "required": true,
   "package": "fathertoast.specialmobs.common.mixin",
-  "compatibilityLevel": "JAVA_8",
+  "compatibilityLevel": "JAVA_17",
   "minVersion": "0.8",
   "refmap": "specialmobs.mixins.refmap.json",
   "mixins": [